My Sister's Boyfriend Proposed...in the Middle of the Night!

My sister has the cutest--and most unusual--engagement story. Want to hear?

She got married a few years ago, but her proposal story still makes me swoon. Here, she tells the tale:

My boyfriend got the engagement ring one summer. He was waiting for a good time to propose, and the ring was burning a hole in his pocket. As students, we were really busy and were barely seeing each other. So he suggested that we have a "date night" and go to a fancy French restaurant. He wore a suit and I wore my favorite blue strapless dress, and we headed to dinner.

During the meal, we were having a great time. Then, for no particular reason, I started talking about marriage! We hadn't talked much about marriage before that, so I figured I'd just casually bring up the discussion. I said, "So, do you think we'll get married at some point? What do you think about that?"

What was his answer? "Well, you can't get married without a ring!" He started rooting through his pockets and pulling out his wallet and his keys...and I suddenly got really nervous. He said, "What would you say if I proposed?" and I was sort of weirdly panicking in the moment, because it all felt really intense, so I answered, "Uhh, I'd have to think about it."

So he stopped looking through his pockets, and we relaxed. Over dinner, we talked about how we did want to marry each other. It was a sweet and serious -- but still abstract.

Later that night, we got home and went to bed. Then he woke up in the middle of the night, and thought, it's now or never. So he slipped the ring onto my finger while I was sleeping. I woke up and felt the ring, and asked, "What's this?" He proposed to me right there, at 5:30 a.m. We were instantly so wide awake and excited, and I even called my mom right then! Then we went to a gourmet grocery and got an awesome breakfast picnic. It was an amazing experience.

Isn't that the sweetest proposal? What about you guys? Do you have a proposal in mind that you'd love? Would you rather be proposed to in public or private? And what time of day? xoxo